I was interested in the article by Jeremy Page and Ned Levin in the Wall Street Journal that Islamic extremists are targeting Muslim areas in China: http://online.wsj.com/articles/web-preaches-jihad-to-chinas-muslim-uighurs-1403663568
In the Second World War it was the United Kingdom that confronted and held back the evil Germans. And they were helped in this by the (very late) arrival in the war of the United States. But it was Soviet Russia that eventually defeated Nazi Germany - at a dreadful cost to both the Russians and the Germans.
Therefore with this precedent in mind can we see al-Qaeda's (or its equivalent) declaration of war against China to be similar to the German drang nach osten of 22nd June 1941?
That China will prevail against the Islamic extremists because they are willing to adopt those measures the West will not adopt.
That the War on Terror will be won by China (although written up in the history books as a Western victory).
In the Second World War it was the United Kingdom that confronted and held back the evil Germans. And they were helped in this by the (very late) arrival in the war of the United States. But it was Soviet Russia that eventually defeated Nazi Germany - at a dreadful cost to both the Russians and the Germans.
Therefore with this precedent in mind can we see al-Qaeda's (or its equivalent) declaration of war against China to be similar to the German drang nach osten of 22nd June 1941?
That China will prevail against the Islamic extremists because they are willing to adopt those measures the West will not adopt.
That the War on Terror will be won by China (although written up in the history books as a Western victory).
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